NOWSHABA ACHAL | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
Seize the chance to host a charming event by embracing the winter season. A barbecue party unites people more than just a meal. Combining the comforting charm of the chilly weather with the tempting appeal of grilled, smoky food, a...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
Road blocking seems to have become a common practice -- resorted to more often than not -- of demonstration and protest programmes that at times turn violent to the point of vandalism and street fight in Bangladesh. Despite limitless public...
Mohammad Enamul Hoque | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
The political journey of Sheikh Hasina, one of Bangladesh's most polarising leaders, was deeply intertwined with allegations of corruption, authoritarianism, and misuse of state resources. Her tenure has been marred by systemic complicity and unchecked power, sustained by a network...
BABUL BARMAN | 2024-12-31 00:00:00
The year 2024 was tough for stock investors, with the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) losing 16.5 per cent, the biggest annual fall in four years.The outgoing year is an eventful year for the country's capital market...
Md Ahsan Ul Hossain | 2024-12-31 00:00:00
The recent floods in Bangladesh have been some of the most severe in the country's history, impacting millions of lives and causing widespread devastation. In the face of such a crisis, the Bangladesh Army has played a pivotal role in...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-12-31 00:00:00
Fear of technology is hardwired in humans, though they could never keep from conducting researches on making machines that are smarter than themselves. It is like being drawn to the forbidden fruit, the fruit of the biblical tree of knowledge....
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-12-31 00:00:00
Safe and nutritious food is a fundamental human right. According to a report prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations last year, people are suffering from lack of safe food and nutrition across the globe...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-12-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh, still reeling from the sanguinary last ditch efforts of the former autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina to cling to power, could not expect a better new year’s gift than the one presented by the prestigious weekly The Economist. Selecting...
DOULOT AKTER MALA and JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-30 00:00:00
Revenue sleuths have made a decisive move to reclaim siphoned-off assets of Bangladesh tycoons from five countries through claiming taxing rights under the double-taxation-avoidance agreement (DTAA) as the mechanism.Revenue officials say the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) has listed the UK,...
Neil Ray | 2024-12-30 00:00:00
At a time when anti-social elements including muggers and dacoits are on the prowl, taking advantage of the inhibition the law enforcement agencies are still suffering from, there are reports on rising violence at family and social levels. But all...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-12-30 00:00:00
Persistent rise in the prices of foodstuffs is a constant concern for the ordinary public nowadays. The interim government has been wrestling with the problem since it assumed office following the July-August uprising. Even before that the previous government which...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
Sponsors of commercial banks have proposed making company registration and monitoring stricter to bring discipline in corporate bodies.They also suggest recasting the revenue board to plug leaks. The sponsors also feel that the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 28: Cargo vessel workers launched a strike early on Saturday, suspending loading and unloading of goods in Chittagong Port.The Bangladesh Noujan Sramik Federation announced the strike to meet their various demands, including arrest of the killers of the...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
Despite formulation a draft law one year ago, a special purpose company (SPC) on integrated tickets for all public transports is yet to be formed to facilitate overall management of the Rapid Pass. As the first integrated circuit (IC) cards...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
The task force formed with an aim of overhauling the capital market will submit recommendations on three key areas -- mutual funds (MFs), IPOs (initial public offerings) and margin loans -- by March next year.More than two and a half...
Tasnimul Islam | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
In the international landscape of education and career achievement, students from certain regions, particularly North America, Europe, and East Asia, frequently excel compared to their Bangladeshi peers. This gap has led to debates among educators, policymakers, and students. A 2023...
Zia Hassan Siddique, ASM Ahsan Habib and Sanjoy Pal | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
Embedded finance is the seamless integration of financial products or services into nonfinancial company's platforms or apps. Embedded finance is a very popular business model in the world for its frictionless payment experience. And that is why, several giant companies...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
Any well-meaning initiative that benefits the people is expected to be gradually strengthened by building upon successes, learning from failures and continuously adapting on the basis of experience and feedback. However, when some of the stakeholders try to dismantle the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
After a decade, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is now performing a significant task of conducting the fourth economic census. This comprehensive effort aims to capture the most recent data on the country's economic units. The two-week country-wide census,...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-12-28 00:00:00
The food ministry has sought a Tk 26.51- billion emergency allocation to continue the subsidised open market sale (OMS) of key essentials without interruptions, sources said. It recently requested the finance ministry to take steps in this connection.The amount has...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-12-28 00:00:00
The Roads and Highways Department's (RHD) work on the Matarbari Port Development Project is facing an inordinate delay as the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is taking "excessive" time to approve various processes, officials have said.The Japanese government is funding...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-28 00:00:00
The government is expecting a Tk 651.4 million World Bank (WB) fund to support critical infrastructure development in the railway sector after a pause of such loans since 2006. The funding will be used for the project involving the relocation...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-12-28 00:00:00
"Ars longa vita brevis" is a saying by history's most famous physician, Hippocrates of Greece. Translated into English, it stands as "Art is long, life is short". Here is a proverb that highlights the universal truth of art's enduring nature...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2024-12-28 00:00:00
Drastic fall of groundwater level due to indiscriminate extraction of water mainly for irrigation in the country's Barind region has become a cause for concern. Many areas in the region are now facing an acute shortage of water for the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-12-27 12:00:00
It is a must-read tale of Beni Madhav Rusava, a Rajput-descendant who lives in Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, India. Being an enthusiastic youth, he closely watched the great revolt in 1857 against the British rule in India and participated in...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-27 00:00:00
The Bridges Division has drafted a detailed plan to construct a bridge over the Meghna River along the Shariatpur-Chandpur corridor that aims to boost the country's gross domestic product (GDP) by 0.76 per cent over the next 30 years. The...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-12-27 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 26: The bulk carrier ship 'MV Tanais Dream' arrived at Chittagong Port on Thursday, marking the arrival of the first shipment of imported rice from India under the open tender agreement during the interim government. The vessel, which...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-12-27 00:00:00
"The winner is not the richest, happiest or most virtuous place, but the one that has improved the most in the previous 12 months", contends The Economist, one of the most prestigious British media outlets, to justify its selection of...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-26 00:00:00
Road transport and highways division sees a deep cut in its development funds by Tk 112 billion as the interim government struggles to make two ends meet through tightfisted spending amid inherited financial crunch. Officials said the Budget Management Committee...
SYFUL ISLAM and JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-12-26 00:00:00
Billions worth of money in unsettled insurance claims has accumulated with the companies in flagrant default that invites government instructions for the regulator to heighten efforts to save people from deception, officials said.A total of Tk 62.15 billion has piled...
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